Improved paper box



JOHN ROOT, OFNEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AssreNon T01 HiMsEL'n AND.

lernen.

ANDREW MARTIN, OF SAME PLAGE.` i

IMPROVED PAPE- n Blox.

Specification forming part of Letters Eatent No. 100,806, dated March15, 1870;

To fall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ROOT, of'New Haven, in the county ot' New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented 'a ner and'nsefnl Improvement inPaper Boxes; and I/do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear,

Vand exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying'drawings, formingpnrt of this specication. Y

This invention relates to paper boxes; and it.

A' consists in acertain improvementin connection therewith,- wlich Willbe specified hereinafter.

Figure l represents a longitudinal sectional `elevation of a boxfastened together with my improved rivet. v Fig. 2 is a transversesection ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view with the cover removed. y

vSimilar letters-of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improved paper boxes are fastened by rivets of tough metal, which arewithoutheads, and are bent at each end after being inserted. I forcethem through the lapped parts of the box, preferably from the inside,and `Isecure them b'y bending both ends of the rivets, which areconsiderably longer than the thickness of the stock, over against thesurface and clinch' them down snugly thereon.

Having thus described my inventiongI claim` as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A paper box Whose sides and edges arefastened..together by @headless tapering sheetmetal rivet, as shown, and appliedin themanner specied.

The above specitication of my invention signed by me this 21st day ot'Det'ember, 1869.

Witnesses: I

EnNEs'r ROBINSON, OHARLEs RoBrNsON.

JO HN ROOT.

